The Orioles Are Already In Trouble

we're barely even one day into spring training and we already have bad injury news now this stuff does tend to happen players arrive to camp start throwing and then feel something with their arm that's never a good sign obviously at any point of any year but if a player is already dealing with something before even putting on the freaking uniform that's likely worse last year Jacob deam arrived to Rangers Camp after signing his big contract and almost immediately had to be held back because of some tightness on his left side he ended up beginning the Year healthy enough to pitch for a couple months until he t UCL and how to get Tommy John surgery so spring training injuries that aren't freak accidents like the ones ree Hoskins and Gavin Lux had are of course scary because they're more unavoidable it just is what it is and if you're already having issues in February before every player has even arrived to spring training that's really concerning speaking of spring training though that of course means baseball is kind of back meaning things will be getting more exciting so if you haven't already make sure to subscribe and hit the Bell to stay notified of everything that goes on over an Astros camp where pitchers and catchers just officially reported Justin Verlander said he felt some discomfort in his shoulder when he started playing catch and had to shut down his throwing program for a while now with Verlander at least you can almost not get that upset considering he's literally about to turn 41 years old it's a miracle to see anyone pitching as long as he has let alone for as well as he has done it he basically said that him being older is factoring into his body just not building up as quickly and flawlessly as it did when he was younger duh so again this one is almost expected of anything but then I got like JP France another Astro but someone who's 28 is also dealing with shoulder soreness he has right shoulder inflammation and like Verlander is taking things slow for now now if you go over to Sarasota for Oriol spring training chaos just straight chaos like there's things falling from the sky fire everywhere okay yes obviously an exaggeration but we're barely a day in and the Orioles already have some crap to worry about Orioles news has been good lately really only stuff to celebrate the ownership change trading for Corbin Burns I mean things are really looking up for Baltimore unfortunately the injury bug has already started making its rounds and the celebration is coming to an end the Orioles have already had one of their best players not just feeling hurt but he's now in the injured list and won't be ready when the season starts why he's a pitcher that's all I have to tell you you know the rest Kyle bradish was actually the most effective starting pitcher for the Orioles last year he was awesome made 30 starts pitched to the lowest erra was good at keeping Runners off the bases I mean he easily was the Ace of that team finishing fourth in the sa young voting fourth it's of course Brad his elbow a sprain in his UCL he got a PRP injection which I guess is just protocol for something like this the first attempt at keeping everything okay but again it's obviously serious enough to the point where the team already knows he won't be ready by opening day opening day isn't even for another month and a half sit down there's more John means a lot of you might have forgotten about him and if you did it makes sense he finished second in Rookie of the Year voting in 2019 on an Oriol team that was laughably bad wasn't very good in the short 2020 season pitch well in 2021 even throwing a no hitter at one point but did have his Innings limited due to a strange shoulder he made the opening day start in 2022 and only one more after that when he was removed during the game being diagnosed with an elbow strain soon after getting Tommy John of course so he hasn't done really much of anything since he came back last year a little bit in September but was then shut down before the playoffs because his elbow started barking again so as of right now means is a month behind all the other Orioles pitchers as far as being on schedule with the team having him delay the start of his offseason program because of the situation hurting him again so he's also going to be starting the season on the injured list oh you thought we were done no no no gunar Henderson the 2023 Rookie of the Year orial star third baseman is also behind schedule because of an oblique injury that apparently needs about two to three more weeks of rest with that said at least he's still expected to be ready for opening day Henderson's situation is much less discouraging than bradishes are means but it's still not ideal hopefully it's not some lingering issue but now even the Orioles top catching Prospect is is also dealing with an injury he's joining bradish and means on the broken down elbow Club as he has a stress fracture in his throwing elbow and is hopeful to start throwing Again by late April so he'll just be hitting for now obviously the Corbin Burns trade looks infinitely more important now the orial starting rotation was already I wouldn't necessarily say weaker but it wasn't a proven solidified one at all so with this mess now arriving at the scene of spring training Burns being there is huge but Burns is also still just one man and after that there's a bunch of options to fill out the rotation Grayson Rodriguez and Dean Kramer being two of them but overall it's a bunch of unproven less promising ones not that they suck there's just not as much promise as there would be with guys like bradish and means there's plenty of starting pitchers available on the market on the trade market like Dylan C Shane Bieber some of the Marlins guys and the O's are still looked at as the number one farm system in baseball so it's not like they can't get it done the White Sox general manager Chris getts was literally just asked if the Orioles have called them regarding CE due to the bradish news and he said no will that change we just have to wait and see but they could also save those prospects and sign one of the remaining free agents like Jordan Montgomery or Blake Snell I'd say they should get Montgomery on a very short-term deal that could work but anything long-term probably wouldn't be smart for him or Snell either way the Orioles have some scrambling to do I mean they have time to do it every team does sooner or later it just sucks that they have to deal with it before literally anything is even happened yet it just goes to show you how you can never truly have enough Talent on your roster especially when it comes to pitching let me know what you think thank you for watching I'll see you soon